She Came from the Mountains

[Teacher returning to her hometown to teach × grassroots village official] Plans have changed; opening date TBD

Xia Zhenxing left the mountains with hope in her heart. After graduating, she landed a well-paid teaching job and was on the rise in her career, only for her rich boyfriend to cheat on her.

Everyone thought she'd humbly beg him to take her back. Instead, she turned around and went back to her village to teach.

People waited to see her make a fool of herself, but all they saw on TV was her receiving honors like “National Outstanding Worker” and “National Role Model in Teaching and Educating,” while various TV stations competed to interview and report on her.

When her relationship with a village official was revealed, people accused her of getting ahead by using her boyfriend's connections.

Xia Zhenxing smiled faintly. “Using connections?”

On the first day she met Chen Ye, Xia Zhenxing rode her little electric scooter and sent him flying into a field. The first thing he said was, “Comrade, you're quite the driver. How do you manage to hit someone into a field when the road's this wide?”

Only later did she learn that he was the newly assigned village official, and that he'd rented an unused room in her house.

When the village chief brought him over to meet her, the two enemies came face to face. She taunted him sarcastically, “Well, look who's here. The young master has come to the countryside to polish his resume?”

From then on, Xia Zhenxing not only had lesson plans to prepare and home visits to make, she also had to keep an eye on whether that young master was going to starve himself to death.

By day, a certain village official visited households and delivered aid. By night, he was practically on his knees begging her: “Granny Wang, who lives at the top of the hill, refuses to move and called me a stinking outsider. Could you help me talk some sense into her?”

So who exactly was using connections?

Chen Ye's idea of working in the countryside: picturesque scenery and honest villagers.

The reality: inconvenient transportation, language barriers, a generation gap, trouble earning people's trust, and becoming a regular topic of conversation for the village entrance's gossip network…

Chen Ye was ready to cry!

Xia Zhenxing: “Go on, beg me~”

Xia Zhenxing was always convinced that the young official living in her house could get himself killed at any moment, so she had to do her best to keep this “court official” from dying on her watch.

Until one day, she accidentally saw a note in the young official's memo app: She's sharp-tongued but soft-hearted. Little landlady, I'll have her wrapped around my finger.

Xia Zhenxing: “Hmph.”

Later, the young official begged her, “Could you come with me tomorrow to inspect the experimental planting site up in the mountains? You know I'm terrified of snakes~”

Xia Zhenxing raised an eyebrow. “You know, only a mother's love is unconditional.”

The young official: “?”

Xia Zhenxing: “Call me Mom.”

The young official: “…”

[Reading Guide]

1. They aren't each other's first, but both are virgins

(Blurb revised on 2026.9.7)

Theme: Working for the people's happiness